No one can 'sit' in Mason's shoes

During her Dec. 12 news conference, University of Iowa President Sally Mason is reported as saying, "Don't believe everything you read in a newspaper" - a remark that put me in mind of other leaders in this and other countries who have disparaged the workings of a free press.

But if we are not to believe what we read in a newspaper, should we take counsel from a person who cannot even get her clichés straight?

For in that same conference, Mason reportedly said, "Until you've sat in my shoes for a few hours, you might want to be a little, perhaps, calmer in your judgment of things."

I can hardly imagine sitting in anyone's shoes, nor can I imagine how such a tight fit would make me calm or comfortable about the current state of affairs here in the president's office.

Carl H. Klaus

Iowa City

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No one can 'sit' in Mason's shoes

During her Dec. 12 news conference, University of Iowa President Sally Mason is reported as saying, 'Don't believe everything you read in a newspaper' ? a remark that put me in mind of other leaders